A teacher gives the following scenario to her students and says, "After reading the prompt carefully, do your best to find an answer to the problem and use either symbols or words to describe the pattern." Which of the following math skills is the teacher working to develop?
In the springtime, birds lay eggs in their nests, and Rakeem starts to find nests in his trees. The first nest has 5 eggs. Each nest after that has two more eggs than the last nest. How many total bird eggs will be in the 7th nest?
A. applying and explaining double facts
B. analyzing shapes to create subtraction sentences
C. ecplaining and predicting addition sequences
D. identififying and summarizing counting by 5